Wednesday, 5 December 2012

'Shitloads of Brown Cockatiels'

You hear that? That kind of mechanical noise? That's the revision engine gearing up again, cogs turning inside my head and the chain slipping into a higher gear. Yep the big thing now isn't christmas, its the new year and its promise of yet more exams. Still, not all doom and gloom, i've been out the last few weeks chasing the wondrous Waxwings once more. In fact, i've visited one council estate in Moss Side no less than 3 times in the last few weeks. That's where the title of the post's from, a local's rather blunt view on what I had travelled to see. Still, a Waxy's a Waxy isn't it? First off one from the land of Baguley...

...and just, literally i'm talking a couple of minutes here, as the light went, they came down in numbers...

...and the best light i've had in a long while...

I'm usually not too keen on harsh shadows but here I think it works, helps pick out those wing bars and that lovely face. Still, onwards and downwards as they don't say, i'm off to look at cell ultrastructure. Yawn.